Power-transmitting mechanism.



C. A. RICH.

POWER TRANSMITTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 22, 1906.

997,700,, Patented July 11, 1911.

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APPLICATION FILED DEG.22,1906.

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O. A. RICH.

POWER TRANSMITTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 22, 1906.

Patented July 11,1911.

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C. A. RICH.

POWER TRANSMITTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 22, 1906.

Patented July 11,1911.

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CHARLES A. RICH, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO BROWN AND SHARPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

POWER-TRANSMITTING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, lgll.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. RICH,

of Providence, county of Providence, and

.the work-spindle requires to be revolved at a comparatively slow speed, while in turning down the rod of stock the work-spindle may be rotated at a much higher speed, and much time may be saved when provision is made for automatically changing the speed of the spindle from one'speed to the other.

It is also desirable to providemeans for antomatically reversing the direction of rotation of the work-spindle, as for instance in running off the die.

One object of the present invention is to provide means for giving to the. work-spin dle two different speeds, and for automatically changing from one speed to the other, as the character of the operation to be performed makes desirable.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for thus automatically changing the speed of the work-spindle in combination with means for automatically reversing r the direction of rotation of said spindle.

means for automatically shifting said clutch,

to change the speed of the spindle.

The invention further consists in the combination,.with thework-spindle, of a driving-shaft, mechanism connecting said, driving-shaft with said spindle said connecting mechanism embodying two shifting clutches, one of said clutches being 0 erative to change the speed of the spin e, and the other clutch being operative to reverse the direction of rotation of the spindle, and means for automatically shifting said clutches.

The invention further consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a rear elevation of the spindle end of an automatic screw machine; Fig. 2 is an end elevation looking from the right hand end of Fig. 1; Fig.3 is a section on the line tical transverse section on the line GH of Fig. 1 looking from the right in said figure; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the axis of the camshaft in Fig. 1.

In the drawings the present features of invention are shown as applied to an automatic screw-machine of the general character of the machine shown and described in Letters Patent to Davenport, No. 604,306, May 17, 1898, to which reference may be had for a description of the machine as a whole, the present features of invention'relating only to the spindle end of the machine, and to the connection between the driving member and the cam-shaft.

l isv the driving-shaft mounted in bearings 2, 2, to which shaft is connected a single faced pulley 3 for driving the same, said shaft 1 being a constant-speed shaft. Said shaft 1 is connected by change gears i, 4

to a parallel shaft 5. Loosely mounted upon is a geansleeve 6 provided with two gears- 7 and 8 of different diameters. Secured to the hub of the quill-gear 6 is a sprocketwheel 9.

Mounted to revolve freely on the shaft 5 are two clutch members 10 and 11. The clutch-member 10 is provided ;with gearteeth 12 on its periphery and constitutes also a gear which meshes with the gear 7 of the sleeve 6. Mounted on the hub of the clutchmember 11 is a gear13 which meshes with the gear 8 of the sleeve 6. Also mounted on the hub of said clutch-member 11 is a sprocket-wheel 14. The clutch-member 11, sprocket-wheel 14, and gear 13 are all rigidly secured together as by a pin 15. Mount.-

7 ed on the shaft 5 between the two clutclr' mei'nbers 10 and 11 is a double clutch-member lttwhich is keyed to said shaft so as to revolve therewith, but capable of sliding thereon. The double clutch-member 10 shown in the drawings is a WQll-kllDWll construction and need not be here described in detail.

Vith this construction it will be seen that the sprocket-wheel 9 is continuously revolved in one direction and thatthe s )rocketwheel 14- is continuously revolved in the opposite direction. It will be further seen that when the clutch-member 16 is in en gagement with the clutch-member 10 the gear 12 on said clutclrmember will be the driving-gear and will serve to drive the sleeve 6 and the sprocket-wheel 9 at a speed greater than that of the shaft 5 by reason of the fact that the gear 12 is largeinthan the gear '7 which it engages. As, however. the gear 8 and the gear 13 are of the same size, it follows that the sprocket-wheel 14 will be given the same speed as the sleeve 6 and consequently the same speed as the sprocket-wheel 9, the speed of both sprocketwheels 9 and 14 being thus the same and the speed of both sprocket-wheels being greater than that of the shaft. 5. \Vhen now the clutch 16 is shifted into engagement With the clutch-member 11 the sprocketwheel 14 will be driven directly thereby and the gear 13 becomes the d rivii'ig-gea r for the sprocket-wheel 9, but as the gears 8 and 13 are of the same size the sleeve 6 and consequently the sprocket-wheel 9 will have the same speed as the sprocket-wheel 14 and the speed of both sprocket-wheels will be that of the shaft 17 is the work-spindle of the machine which, together with its work-holding jaws and feeding devices, may be of any wellknown or desired construction. Loosely mounted to revolve on the spindle are two clutch-members 18 and 19. Likewise loosely mounted on the work-spindle 17 are two sprocket-whecls 20 and 21. the sprocket-- wheel 20 being connected with the clutchmember 18 and the sprocket-wheel 21 being ctnnecteal with the clutch-member 19, as

shown in the drawings; The clntch-member.

in each case is mounted on the hub of the sprocket-whccl and is secured thereto by a connecting pin, but any suitable construction may be employed whereby the sprocket-- wheel and clutch-member are connected to revolve together. Mounted onthe workspindle 17 between the two clutch-members 1-3 and 19 is a double, clutch-membcr 2. said clutch-member being keyed to the spindle but capable of sliding thereon. A sprocketz-hain 22, connects the s})rockct-\Vliccl 9 with tho sprocket-\\lncl 20 and a sprockct-clniin 21 connects the H]H' )Hl(l'-\Vll(0l H with the sprocket-wheel 9' will be explained more fully hereafter,

the clutch 16 is the speed-clutch fort-hanging the speed of the spindle 17. while the clutch 22 is the reversing-clutch for changing the direction of rotation of said spindle.

Means are provided for automatically shifting the two clutches 1(5 and which means will next be described. y

25 is the main cam-shaft of the machine. In the present invention this cam-shaft. instead otbeing driven by a separate belt and pulley. as has heretofore been customary and as is shown in the Patent No. 601.306 hereinbefore referred to, is driven by a train of mechanism from the constant speed shaft 1. Secured to said shaft 1 is a gear 2t) which meshes with a gear 27 secured to a sleeve 28, which sleeve is mounted on a stud 29 carried by'an adjustable bracket 30. Said bracket 30 is mounted on one of the bearings 2 or, as shown in the drawings (see Fig. 3). on the bushing 31 secured in said bearing. and so that said bracket is capable of being swung about the shaft 1 as arc-enter. The bracket 30 is provided with an offset 32. as shown in Fig. 1. through which otl'set passes a set-screw 33, the end of which takes into the supporting bracket 34 and by means of which set-screw the adjustable bracket 30 is clamped in adjusted position. The bracket 34. in which the driving-shaft- 1 and its adjuncts are mounted is supported on the frame of the machine in any suitable man ner and in the drawings is shown as secured to and supported on a shelf or bracket 35 formed integral with the main frame of the machine.

If desired the pulley 3 may be permanently secured to the shaft 1, but itis preferred, as a convenient means for starting and stopping the machine, to connect the pulley 3 to said shaft by means of a clutch.

As shown in Fig. 3, the hub of the gear 26 is provided with a clutch-member 36 adapted to be engaged by a sliditig clutchlnembcr 37 secured to the pulley 3, the pulley 3 and clutclrmember 37 sliding together in connecting and disconnecting the clutch. The clutch 37 is adapted to be shifted by in was of a hand-lever 38 (see Fig.2), which lever is pivoted at 39 to the supporting bracket 34, said lever being" provided with a fork 40 to engage the sliding clutch-niem her-37.

fsecured to the cam-shaft 25 is a clutchmcmber 42 adapted to be engaged by a sliding clutch-member 43 loosely mounted on said cam-shaft. Secured to the hub of the clutch-member 4-3 or formed integral. therewith is a sprmtkct-wheel 44, which is connectcd by a chain 45 with the sprocket-Wheel ll on the sleeve 28. Any suitable means .may be employed for shifting the clutchmember 43. As shown in the drawings, a rock-shaft 46 extends across the machine, said rock shatt bemgprovlded at its forward end with an operating lever 47 and at its rear end with a rock-arm 48. A link 49 connects said rockerm with the lever 50, which lever is pivoted to the frame at 51 and is provided at. its upper end with a fork 52 which engages the clutch-member43. By the means above described the cam-shaft is connected with the constant speed drivingshaft 1 so as to be operated thereby,'while by means of the shifting-clutch referred to said cam-shaft may be at any time disconnected from said constant speed shaft.

The reversing-clutch 22 is operated from the main cam-shaft 25 in the following manner: Loosely mounted on said cam-shaft 25 is a cam 53 adapted to be intermittently rotated' by means to be hereafter described, said cam being adapted to operate the clutchlever 54 carried by the rock-shaft 55'suitably pivoted in the frame, said rock-shaft being also provided with a fork 56 arranged to engage the double clutch-member 22.

'The means for intermittently operating the cam 53 is as follows: Loosely mounted on the cam-shaft 25 adjacent to the cam 53 is a sliding clutch-member 57 adapted to engageone side of the double clutch-member 58. secured to said shaft 25. .The hub of the clutch-member 57 is reduced in diameter and extends within the cam 53, said clutch-member and said cam being keyed one to the otherso as to revolve together. A spring 59- is located within the cam 53 with one end ofthe spring abutting against the inner end ofthe clutch-member 57 and with its other end abutting against the bot tom of the recess in the cam 53, said spring tending to move the clutch-member 57 into engagement with the clutch-member 58 when permitted to do so. The clutch-member 57 is normally latched out of engagement with the clutch-member 58 by means of a latchlever 60 which extends across the machine and is pivoted on a rod 61. i The rear end of the lever 60 is provided with a pin 62 adapted to engage a flanged projection on the clutch member 57, the parts being so constructed and arrangedthat when the pin 62 is in engagement with said flanged projection on the clutch-member 57 said clutchmember will be held out of engagement with the clutch-member 58, as shown in Fig. 1.

The operation of the latch-lever 60 to release the clutch-member 57 is controlled by tappets or tripping dogs 63 and 64 adjustably mounted on a disk (35 secured to the shaft 66 which extends along the front of the machine and at some suitable point is connected by gears 67 with the cam-shaft 25, as indicated in Fig. 5.

With this construction, as will be'eeen, whenever the front end of the lever 60is raised by one of the tripping dogs, say the dog 63, on the disk' the rear end of said lever will be depressed and the pin 62 will be withdrawn so as to permit the clutchmember 57 to be thrown'by the 3C t1011 of the spring 59 into engagement with the clutch-member 58, and so that said clutchto be withdrawn from engagement with the clutch-member 58.

It will be understood that after the lever 60 has been operated by one of the tripping dogs said lever will be immediately returned to its normal position by its springs 69, and so that the pin 62 will be brought into the path of the cam-surface 68. The half revolution of the cam 53 thus provided will serve to shift the clutch 22 and thus reverse the direction-of rotation of the spindle 17. The shifting of said clutch 22 in the opposite di rection is effected in the same manner as before, by the action of the other tripping dog fit'on the lever 60. It will be understood that the clutch-member will be with drawn from engagement at the end of each half revolution. 1 By properly adjusting the tripping dogs 63. 64, on the disk 65 the times of the sl'iifting of the clutch 22 and the automatic reversal of the spindle may be varied as desired, it being understood that the disk 65 is continuously rotated so long as the cam-shaft rotates.

The automatic operation of the speed clutch 16 for changing the speed of the spindle and the means for effecting the same will next be described. Loosely mounted on the cam-shaft on the opposite side of the clutch-inember 58 is another sliding clutchmember 70 adapted to engage said clutchmember 58. A second lever 71 provided with a projecting pin 72 extends across the machine with its front end arranged to be engaged by tappets or tripping dogs 7 3 and 74 adjustably mounted on the opposite side "of the disk The pin 72 is arranged to engage a similar flanged projection on the clutch-member 70 and said clutch-meinl'ier is likewise? provided with a cam-surface for withdrziwing said clutch-member from eng glenient with the clutch-member 58,'but

this clutch-member 70 is designed to make one complete revolution before being thrown out and consequently said cam-surface does not appear in the drawings. It will be understood, however, that the throwing out of said clutch-member 70 is effected by the engagement of said cam-surface with the pin 72 when the lever 71 hasbeen returned to its normal position by the action of its spring 75. Secured to or forming a part of the clutchanember is a gear 76 which engages a gear 77 secured to a short. shaft 78 mounted in suitable hearings in the frame. Secured to the shaft 78 is a cam it) adapted to engage the clutch-lever S0 pivoted at St and provided with rain; 2 arranged to engage the double clutch-member 16 of the speed clutcn. The gear '77 is twice the size of the gear 7 and so that a complete revolution of the clutch-member 70 and the gear 76 will give only a half revolution to the gear 77 and the cam 79. By properly adjusting the tripping, dogs 73 and H on the dish 65 the times when the. clutch 16 is shifted and the speed otthe spindle thereby changed may be. varied as desired.

The operation of the mechanism above described is as follows: It; has already been pointed out that the sprocket-wheel 9 revolves continuously in one direction and that the sprocket-wheel 1i revolves continuously in the opposite direction, and it will he understood that the sprocket-wheel H through the connecting'chain 2-1 is employed to drive said spindle in the reverse direction. It has also been explained how the shifting of the 'elutch it; will serve to give to the sprocket wheels 9 and 14. either a fast speed or a slow speed and that the speed of each sprocket-wheel is always the same as that of the other, and so that with the speedclutch 16 in one position bothsprocketwheels will have the fast speed and with said clutch in the other position hoth sprocket-wheels will have the slow speed. It will be seen, therefore, that the spindle 17 will he revolved at two ditl'erent speeds according to whether the clutch 16 is in engagement with the clutch-member 10 or with the,clutch-member 1l, and that in the operation .of the machine the speed of the spindle will be automatically changed from the fast speed to the slow speed, and vice versa.

It will he further seen that by the shifting of the reversing-elnteh 22 the direction of rotation of the spindle will be changed and that with the speed clutch to remaining in the same sition the reverse rotation of the spindle will be at the same speed as its rotation in the forward direction. If, however, the s1.)eed-clutch he also shifted, then the result will he that the spindle will be rotated in the forward direction at one speed and will then be. rotated in the reverse direction at a ditl'crent speed. Thus, assuming the machine to be cutting a thread on the rod of stock by mains of a die, the die may )e run on to the rod to cut the thread at a slow speed and the die then run olt' ot' the rod by reversing, the rotation of the spindle and at a faster speed than it was run on. i

The elutelrmemhers 18 and 19 of the reversing-clutch will always be rotated in 0pposite directions and when the speed of one of these clutch-members is changed the speed of the otherclutch-member will be [correspondingly changed, and so that as long as the speed-clutch 16 remains unshi'tted a shifting of the reversing-clutch 99 will serve merely to reverse the direction of rotation of the spindle, but without chang in the speed of its rotation.

It will be seen that with the. arrangement described two different speeds'mav be glft to the work-spindle in either direction, and that the change from one speed'to the other, as well as the changev in direction of rotation of the spindle, may be automatically ell'ected, and that all that is required in order to automatically produce any or all of these results is merely to employ the requisite tripping dogs and to properly adjust the same on the disk 65.

It. will be further seen thatthe entire 1nachine is driven by a single. belt and drivingshaft, which driving-shaft has a constant speed, and further that by reason of the fact that the main cam-shaft is connected with this constantspeed driving-shaft by a train of mechanism which is separate from the train of mechanism which connects said (lrivingshatt with the spindle, the speed of the spindle may be changed without in any way atl'ecting the speed of the cam-shaft.

\Vhilc two speeds of the spindle are thus provided for in the automatic operation of the machine, which two speeds are in accordance with the ratio between the gear 7 'and the gear 12; other speeds of the spindle may be provided for by changing the changei'cars at. 4, it being understood, however, that whatever the relative sizeot the changegears employed may he. the ratio of the two automatic sp'eeds ot the spindle will remain the same. being, determined by the size of the gears T and 11 as above stated.

As will be seen, the shaft 25 referred to in this specification as the camshaft or the main cam-shaft is the shaft which controls the operating pa-rts of the machine other than the. work-spindle, and it will be understood that the cam-shaft referred to in cer- It will he further understood that said camshaft. 25 corresponds to the cam-shaft 26 in the Patent No. (50L30t, hereinbefore referred to, and that the connections from said camas shown in said patent.

two ditl'erent speeds, and a continuously rotain of thcmlaimsis this controlling shaft;

shaft to the tool-slide and to the other operating parts of the machine may be the same through tating shaft and devices thereon for automatically controlling the shifting of said clutch. i i 5 2. The combination, with the wtn'k-spin dle, of mcans'embodying a shitting clutch through which said spindle is rotated at two different speedspand a continuously rotating shaft and adjustable devices thereon for automatically controlling the shifting of said clutch. f i l 3; The combination, with the Work-spindle, of means en'ihodying a shifting clutch which said spindle is rotated at two ditl'erent speeds, a continuously rotating shaft. a diskcarried thereby and adjustable dogs o i said disk t'orautomatically controlling the shifting of said clutch.

4. The combination, with the work-spindle, of means for rotating said spindle at two ditt'erent speeds in either direction, and means to autmnatically changing either the speed or direction of said spindle.

5. 'll e combination, with the work-spindle, of means for autoniatically changing the speed of rotation of said spindle, and means for automatically reversing said spindle without changing its speed. 1

(i. The combination, with the work-spindle. of means't'or automatically reversing said spindle without changing its speed.

t'erent speeds in either direction, and means means For rotating said spindle at two ditt' r automatically changing from one speed to the other.

7. The combination, with the work-spindle. of a driving shaft, speed cl anging means com'iecting said driving shaft. and said spindle. and means for automatically reversing said spindle without changing its speed. i

The combination, wit dle, of a driving shaft. means for automatically reversing said spindle without changing its speed. and means for automatically giving to said spindle either of two speeds in either direction.

i). The combination, with the work-spinhthe work-spindie, of two driving members for said spindle, means for rotating said driving members in opposite directions at the same speed, Il'lt'flllS for simultaneously and automatically changing the speed of both said driving members, and means for autmnatically connecting one or the other of said driving members with the spindle;

10. The combination. with the worlespindle. of two driving members for said die. means for rotating said driving memb rs in opposite directions at the same speed. means embodying a shifting clutch tor usiltam-onsly and automaticallv cl anging the speed of both said driving numbers. and a xhifting' clutch for connecting one or the other of said i'lri iiuy members with the spindle.

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11. The combination, with the work-spindle, of two driving members for said spindle, means for rotating said driving members in opposite directions at the same speed, means embodying a shifting clutch for simultaneously changing the speed of both said driving members, a shifting clutch for coimecting one or the other of said driving members with'the spindle. and means for automatically shifting said clutches.

12. The combination, with the work-spindle. of a driving shaft, speed changing mechanism embodying two driving members and an intermediate shitting" clutch connecting said driving shatt and said spindle. and a continuously rotating shaft provided with devices for automatically controlling the shifting of said clutch.

1:3. The cmubination, with the work-spindle, ot' a driving shaft, connections between said driving shaft and said spindle embodying speed changing mechanism and reversing mechanism, and a continuously rotating shaft and devices thereon for automatically effecting a change in the speed of the spindle and for automatically effecting a reversal of the spindle. u

14. The combination, with the work-spindle, of a driving shaft, mechanism connecting said driving shaft and said spindle, said connecting mechanism embodying two clutches, one for changing the speed of the spindle and the other for reversing s;.id spindle, and a continuously rotating shaft and devices thereon for auton'iatically controlling the shifting of said clutches.

15. The combination, with the work-spin dle. dt :1 driving shaft, mechanism connect- -dle, of a driving shatt. mechanism connecting said driving shaft and said spindle, said mechanism embodying two clutches, one For changing the speed of the spindle. and the other for reversing said spindle. and means for automatically controlling the shifting of either one of said clutches independent of the other.

17. The cmnliination. with the work-spin dle. of a driving shaft. mechanism connecting said shaft and said spindle, said mechanism embodying two clutches, one Fol-changiug the speed ot the spiudleand the other for reversing said spindle. and a shaft and devices thereon for automatically controlling the shitting ot either one of said clutches indcpei'ident ot' the other.

18. The combination, with the work-spite die and the cam-shaft. ot' a driving shaft.

mechanism connecting said driving shaft with said spindle, meehanisn'i connecting said driving shaft with said cam-shaft, a clutch connecting said driving shaft with a primary driver, and means for disconnecting said clutch and thereby stopping both said spindle and said cam-shaft.

1!). The combination, with the Work-spindie and the cam-shalt, oi" a driving shaft, mechanism connecting said driving shaft with said spindle, mechanism connecting said driving shaft with said can'i-shatt, and m eansfor disconnecting said last mentioned n'iechanism and thereby stopping said camshaftt withoutstopping said spindle.

20. The combination, with the work-spindle and ti camshaft, of a primary driver, a driving shaft, a clutch connecting said primary driver and said driving shaft, mechanisn'i connecting said driving shaft and said spindle, mechanism connecting said driving-shaft and said am-shaft, and means for disconnectii'ig said last mentioned mechanism.

21. The combination, with the work-spindle, of a driving member, mechanism connecting said driving member to said spindle, said mechanism embodying means for 'l. he combination, with the Work-spin die, of a driving member, mechanism con nectmg said driving member to said spindle, said mechanism embodylng means for rotating said spindle at different speeds in one direction, means for reversing the rotation of said spindle, a canrshaft and mechanism connecting said driving member to said cam-shaft.

23. The combination, With the Work-spindie, of a driving member, mechanism connecting said driving member to said spin die, said mechanism embodying means for rotating said spindle at different speeds in one direction, means for automatically changing from one speed to the other, means for antomati 'ally reversing the rotation of said spindle, a camshaft and mechanism connecting said driving member to said camshaft.

CHARLES A. RICH.

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